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Title: 222-24 & 226-28 Brush Creek Boulevard
Description: Photograph of two apartment buildings, at 224 and 228 Brush Creek Boulevard (later Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard) circa 1980.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Carlton Plaza
Description: Photograph, looking north along Roanoke Parkway from 48th Street, of the Carlton Plaza apartment building at 4740 Roanoke circa 1988.
Date: 1988~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 900 Block of West 45th Street
Description: Photograph of 45th Street east of Belleview Avenue, looking east, circa 1986. Jack Rees Interiors, at 4501 Belleview, can be seen at right; Bill Cohen Men's Shop, at 4451 Belleview, is visible at left. Houses and a dental office, at 919 West 45th Street, are visible to the east.
Date: 1986~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ward Parkway Apartment Buildings
Description: Photograph of apartment and condominium buildings along Ward Parkway during the 1980s. The buildings, on the south side of Brush Creek, stand between Wornall Road and Main Street. Halls department store, at the intersection of Wyandotte and Ward Parkway, is also pictured. The Sulgrave and Regency high rise buildings, at the rear of the image, were built in the early 1960s. The brick apartment buildings lining Ward Parkway, including the Locarno and Casa Loma Apartments, were built between 1923 and 1929.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph, Cityscapes

Title: Sophian Plaza
Description: Photograph of the Sophian Plaza apartment building at 4618 Warwick Boulevard in the early 1980s. The 47-unit building, designed by Shepard & Wiser and developed by Henry J. Sophian, was built in 1922, and converted to a condominium in 1978.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Streetcar Tracks at 47th and Main
Description: Photograph of the intersection of 47th and Main Streets, looking south along Main, circa 1980. Decommissioned streetcar tracks are pictured in the foreground of the image, running along the path of what later would be Brookside Boulevard's connection to Main Street.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Winstead's Restaurant
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of Winstead's Restaurant building at 101 Brush Creek Boulevard (renamed Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard in 1999). This was Winstead's first restaurant in Kansas City and opened in 1940.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4500 Block of Belleview Avenue
Description: Photograph of a commercial building and houses on the southeast corner of 45th and Belleview circa 1986. The commercial building houses Jack Rees Interiors, at 4501 Belleview. The houses to its south are located, from left to right, at 4503, 4505, and 4509 Belleview. The building and houses were later demolished for a redevelopment project.
Date: 1986~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Children Walking in Brush Creek
Description: Photograph of children walking on the concrete stream bed of Brush Creek, circa 1987.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Country Club Plaza Courtyard
Description: Photograph of a brick and wood pergola standing in a Plaza-area courtyard at the rear of apartment buildings circa 1988.
Date: 1988~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4400 Block of Belleview Avenue
Description: Photograph of houses and other buildings on the east side of the 4400 block of Belleview Avenue circa 1986. A house, at 4445 Belleview, is seen at the left edge of the image, and Bill Cohen Men's Shop stands on the northeast corner of 45th and Belleview. A dentist's office, at 912 West 45th Street, is also visible.
Date: 1986~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Plaza Bowl Concept Illustration
Description: Illustration created by the Kansas City Landmarks Commission as part of a 1980s Plaza Plan presentation, demonstrating the Plaza "bowl concept," where low building heights dominate on commercial streets such as 47th Street and Nichols Road, and residential and office building heights grow taller as they move outward from Brush Creek. Area plans, dealing with transportation, development, and zoning, among other factors, were developed over time for a number of Kansas City areas and are intended to provide guidance for their growth and design.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Drawings, Miscellaneous Documents

Title: Plaza and Midtown Satellite View
Description: Satellite image of the Plaza and surrounding areas in the 1980s. The photo spans from roughly 44th Street on the north to 52nd Street on the south, and Liberty Street on the west to Harrison Street on the east. Neighborhoods including the Plaza and Southmoreland are pictured, as are parks including Mill Creek Park, Southmoreland Park, and Gillham Park.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Marquis Plaza Apartments
Description: Photograph of the Marquis Plaza Apartments building at 4505-07 Jarboe Street circa 1986.
Date: 1986~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4517 Jarboe Street
Description: Photograph of a house, at 4517 Jarboe, and other buildings in the West Plaza area circa 1986. The Plaza West office building, at 4600 Madison Avenue, can be seen in the background.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Cezanne Apartments
Description: Photograph of the door of the Cezanne Apartments building at 712 West 48th Street, circa 1988. The building, along with its mirror twin Rousseau Building at 720 West 48th, were built in 1929 and designed by local architect Nelle E. Peters. The pair are the Painter Buildings, adjacent Peters' Poet Buildings cluster.
Date: 1988~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4734 Summit Street
Description: Photograph of an apartment building at 4734 Summit Street circa 1988. The building, along with two identical buildings to its north at 4728 and 4730, were designed by local architect Nelle E. Peters. The buildings were demolished in 2016.
Date: 1988~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ward Parkway Houses
Description: Photograph of houses on the 500 block of Ward Parkway (later renumbered as the 700 block), overlooking Brush Creek circa 1988. The houses were demolished prior circa 2000.
Date: 1988~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ward Parkway Houses
Description: Photograph of houses on the 500 block of Ward Parkway (later renumbered as the 700 block), taken from inside the Winston Churchill building, overlooking Brush Creek circa 1988. The houses were demolished prior circa 2000.
Date: 1988~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Intersection of Belleview Avenue and Roanoke Parkway
Description: Photograph of the intersection of Belleview Avenue and Roanoke Parkway, looking south on Belleview from 46th Street, in the late 1970s.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

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